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And ninety days and nights the heavenly angels were contending in the world with the con- federate demons of the evil spirit... And there are the commentaries of more modern sources also, from those illustrious ones who have contributed to our present civilization. Here are just a few examples. Three times had Poseidon (Neptune), ventured with stern countenance to thrust his arms out of the water; three times he was unable to endure the scorching heat of the air. In one day and one fatal night, there came mighty earthquakes and inundations that engulfed that warlike peoples. The people, terrified, could hardly breathe...mouths were drenched in blood, heads wal- lowed in blood...The face was made pale by the Evil Wind. This vast power, gathered into one, endeavored to subdue with a blow our country and yours and the whole of the region...then, Solon, your country shone forth, in the excellence of her virtue and strength among all mankind. She was preeminent in military skill and was the leader of the Hellenes...she defeated and triumphed over the invaders and preserved from slavery those who were not yet subjugated, and generously liberated all the rest of us who dwell between the Pillars. But afterwards, occurred violent earthquakes and floods and in a single day and night of misfortune all your warlike men in a body sank into the Earth and the Island of Atlantis in like manner disappeared in the depths of the sea. Beneath the feet of the father of the gods Olympus shook as he moved, the earth groaned; and from the lightening of his bolt, as well as from the eyes and breath of his antagonist, fire was bursting over the dark sea. The ocean boiled; towering waves beat upon all promonto- 40 The World Falls Dead The Persians Bundahis relate in their legends: From Ovid’s Metamorphosis: Giants attacked the very throne of heaven...Jove struck them down. From Plato’s Timaeus: From Plato’s Critias: From the Homeric sagas, we read: Atlantis, Alien Visitation, and Genetic Manipulation